County’s official plan would expand protection By Sara Carson Barrie Advance When you drink tap water, take a shower and swim in a local lake, you want that water to be clean and safe. This is why the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition is asking the province to expand Ontario’s Greenbelt in our area. ...
Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow condemns judge’s decision as “perversion of justice” AWARE Simcoe news release A massive costs award against a watchdog environmental group could have an adverse impact on citizens’ ability to protect their communities and natural herit...
County of Simcoe and City of Barrie collect approximately one million batteries during curbside collection week Simcoe County / Barrie news release The County of Simcoe and City of Barrie completed their curbside battery collection program last week (November 2-6, 2015), collecting a combined 22,800 ...
News release from Simcoe County The County of Simcoe is hosting open house public information sessions Nov. 9 and 17 to obtain feedback from residents and stakeholders about public transit in the county. Since the last round of public consultation in June, the county has developed a draft network of ...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Ontario Superior Court Justice Eberhard today issued an order that will require Aware-Simcoe to pay Tecumseth Estates a fixed cost of $27,000 “in priority to any costs payable to the County,” which was awarded $5,000. In her ruling released today, Justice E...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Simcoe County councillors sitting in committee of the whole today, approved a 2016, $449 million operating and capital budget that will raise the average property tax bill for County purposes by $6 per $100,000 of residential assessment value, over last year. The budge...
Proposal for a “Bluebelt” — which also guards waterways — would see 1.5 million acres added to the protected area, which is already the bigger than P.E.I. By: Alex Ballingall Toronto Star Greenbelt, meet “Bluebelt.” That’s the vision of a collection of environmental groups that wants to almost double...
AWARE Simcoe recommendations to promote transparency and public participation Text of submission to Simcoe County Governance Committee November 5, 2015 Meeting. AWARE Simcoe respectfully submits the following recommendations to the Simcoe County Governance Committee with the intention and hope of fur...
AWARE Simcoe Comments on Simcoe County OPF/MMF Site Selection AWARE Simcoe is pleased to submit comments on the Site selection process for the Organics Processing Facility and Materials Management Facility. We see these new facilities as a necessary step in the progression toward a zero waste economy...
Letter to Springwater News from Mayor Bill French The Compliance Audit Committee reconvened on October 23 to consider two matters according to the legislation. “In accordance with Section 81(14), the Compliance Audit Committee may consider the following: (a) if the report concludes that the candidate...
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